Multivariate multiscale entropy (mMSE) as a tool for understanding the resting-state EEG signal dynamics: the spatial distribution and sex/gender-related differences

Table 3 The differences in the MaxSlope and AvgEnt values between the channel sets corresponding to analyzed networks.

mMSE feature		Max Slope	Avg Ent	Max Slope	Avg Ent	Max Slope	Avg Ent	Max Slope	Avg Ent	Max Slope	Avg Ent	Max Slope	Avg Ent	Max Slope	Avg Ent
(I-J)	I	DMN		DAN		FPN		LN		SMN		VAN		VN
J	DMN			↓	↑		↓		↓		↑			↓
	DAN	↑	↓				↓	↑	↓	↑		↑	↓	↓	↓
	FPN		↑		↑						↑		↑	↓
	LN		↑	↓	↑						↑		↑	↓
	SMN		↓	↓			↓		↓				↓	↓	↓
	VAN			↓	↑		↓		↓		↑			↓
	VN	↑		↑	↑	↑		↑		↑	↑	↑

The post-hoc tests demonstrated the greatest MaxSlope values in the SMN, DMN, VAN, LN, and FPN (SMN = DMN = VAN = LN = FPN, p > 0.05) whereas the smallest entropy at the fine scales, significantly (p < 0.05) different from the DAN, FPN, LN, SMN, VAN, and the DMN, was found in the VN. The DAN demonstrated a significantly (p < 0.01) lower MaxSlope value compared to all analyzed networks except for the FPN (FPN = DAN, p > 0.05) and the VN (DAN > VN, p < 0.05)
The down-up arrows indicate the direction of significant (p < 0.05) differences between individual networks placed in columns (I) and rows (J) (mean difference, I-J). The blanks in the table indicate a lack of significant differences in the MaxSlope or AvgEnt values between particular networks. DMN default mode network, DAN dorsal attention network, FPN frontoparietal network, LN limbic network, SMN somatomotor network, VAN ventral attention network, VN visual network

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